Sieve for sifting flour



(No Model.)

. -E.L.BARBER.

SIEV'E FOR SIFTING FLOUR, MEAL, m.

No. 325,780. Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

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EDWIN L. BABBEB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SIEVE FORSIFTING FLOUR, MEAL, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,780, datedSeptember 8, 1885.

Application filed June 8, 1885. (No model.) 7

T 0 all whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. BARBER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Ohicago, in the State of Illinois, have made'cer tain newand useful Improvements in Sieves for Sifting Flour, Meal, &c., of whichthe fol lowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a simple and efiicientsieve, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the sieve with a portion cut away to showthe interior parts. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the stern of theagitator placed on the outside of the body of the sieve.

A is the body, B the handle,and G the screen.

D is the agitator placed in the bottom of the sieve and over the screen.Attached to the agitator is the stem E, extending to the top of body A,then bent outwardly over the top of the body, and terminating inaproperhandle, F. The agitator is made of wire of the proper size and inelliptic form in outline.

The stem E is fastened in any suitable manner to the body of the sieveso as to allow the agitator to vibrate.

By holding the sieve-handle in one hand and moving the handle F to theright and left the agitator D moves in the same direction, thus causingthe flour or other substance that may be in the sieve to be readily andquickly sifted. v

The shape of the agitator corresponds to the shape of the interior ofthe body of the sieve; hence as it moves over the screen no part of thescreen within the range of the agitator. escapes being swept over.

In this construction of the sieve I hold it in one hand, and with theother hand the agitator is vibrated over: the screen, and thus the actof sitting is accomplished without moving the body of the sieve.

I claim As an article of manufacture, a sieve composed of a bodyprovided with a handle, a flat screen, an agitator, a stern joined tothe agitator at its periphery and extending up to the top of the body,then bent outwardly, and terminating in a hand-piece, all constructedsubstantially as described.

EDWIN L. BARBER.

Witnesses:

J. A. CoWLEs, S. M. DAVIES.

